Back to Reality Oops! There goes Gravity

Yes, am back and refreshed from my recent trip to London. I had such a good time that I forgot I had to come back here and face reality.

It was great to see all my friends again! I drank lots of tea, went around the city window shopping, and had lots of great convos over bottles of red wine.

When I was visiting some people in Lewisham I had a weird thing happen. We had a really lovely evening eating caribbean food, watching films, and talking. At the end of it, a woman who I didn't know very well asked my name again and she said, "I don't know why but I want to call you 'Pippa'." For those of you who don't know that's my DJ name. I know it wasn't a big deal but I'm taking that as a sign that the dj angle is a good thing and something that I should pursue (I've recently got back into the scene).

That put a very positive (if erie) spin to my time there! I want to say thank you to everyone in London for being so supportive through my poor time and someday I will repay you!

Now it's back to the drawing board of a temp job and I'm looking for a second one right now, too. Maybe some gigs will come through, too. Have had beats and tunes flitting through my head and I've been constantly blending them for different sounds.

currently mixing royksopp's "only this moment" with dj tiesto's "crashing" junkie xl air guitar mix

Leaving on a Jet Plane

At 6 in the bloody morning (two days from now) I am leaving for London...again.

I'm very excited to go but not to spend the night in the freakin' airport. Now, I've slept in the airport a few times, once to go to Barcelona and another time to Berlin. Those flights were fortunately only an hour or two long. This one is 10 hours. See there's a stop-over in Washington D.C. I'm especially worried about taking the El so late at night to get there and what I'll sleep on, etc.

London. What can I say about this place? I've been trying to get over there since I was 6 and I watched Disney's Robin Hood. My torrent love-affair with the country climaxed when I moved there after visiting a few times in 2002. Then I moved to Australia.

I'm still trying to find a way to emigrate to England and leave America behind. Don't get me wrong, the States is still home since my family is here but you have to understand, I can't live here for long periods of time. I'm confused about that, too. So, perhaps after speaking with my old uni advisor I'll find a way. But in the meantime I'm catching up with friends and trying to have some fun after a rough four months.

And find new music (always important, re: previous posting). So I'm leaving on a jet plane and unfortunately, I know when I'll be back again.

Shortly departing for her 71st flight in her life.

My Mate called Music

Mates come and go, this is true for everyone. I've recently found out who my "real" friends are throughout this past year and a half and it's not been a pleasant realisation. Although to give credit where it's due, it was partially my fault.

On the upside, those who have stuck with me have been saviors! Especially music. I've been connected to music since I was born. But this is because my family is very musical but not in the way that is popular today. My dad is an organist, my mom played the piano, and my grandmother played that great instrument that isn't given credit nearly enough, the blessed acordian.

Now, I'd like to please my family to no end by saying that I play any of these (piano for a short while, albeit) but I don't. I played classical flute for most of my young life and was pretty good, I think, too. There really is nothing like playing with a symphony in concert, it's amazing. But I've since found that music is still my best friend, especially without knowing almost anyone in Chicago.

A couple of years ago someone suggested to me to try being a dj. It was like the penny finally dropped. Yes! This was the answer. I did it for a little bit in a club called The Prospect in Fulham, London. I haven't dj'd since but I'm going to again. It's difficult, though, due to finance. I made the somewhat catastrophic mistake of leaving my entire collection in Berlin last August so I'm working on rebuilding it, it's coming along quite nicely.

There will be further updates as to whether I'll be having any gigs, it will take some time. To all of those who support me, thank you. To all of those who don't, you'll see. Especially thank you, Fay.